Has an incubator for start-ups since 2001, Torrenegra has offices in Bogota and New York, where about 13 projects have been incubated so far, and most of them are marketplaces. Torrenegra Labs is Alex Torrenegra’s company. He was born in Barranquilla, but grew up in Bogota. Alex states that the first time he saw a computer he was 4 years old and he said that experience shaped his future.
Alex has said that he was completely obsessed about it and at age 14 he made his first “pitch” and got a loan to buy his first computer. He offered data entry services to third parties. This business eventually became a consultancy for IT services with over 20 people.
It was at that time Alex began to study Engineering Design and Electronics Computerization, but as his business was growing he withdrew from his career. He was 19 when he moved out with his family to the United States for security reasons.
Torrenegra started working at McDonalds flipping burgers and preparing Starbucks coffees. Eventually he became a consultant to analyze online marketing for Yahoo! in Spanish and Terra Lycos in Miami. During this time he began studying Management of Information Systems. He retired once again during his second year to focus on his new startups and moved to New York City, a city that he loved since his first visit.
Alex works between several Torrenegra Labs’ companies: every single startup in which he gets involved motivates him a lot. He is currently working as CEO of VoiceBunny, the service of Voice123 service. Torrenegra also seats in the counsel of BookingMarkets.com, a SaaS platform that allows you or your company to launch your own websites, either local or globally. As if that was not enough inBed.me is also a social site to make reservations in hostels, because it lets you know who is going to stay in a hostel before booking something.